Joel cans Terminal idea

May 29, 2013

Joel Opts for Fast Link over terminal in today's GCB reflects how surfers and the wider community view anything that threatens our beaches.Check our previous story on Joel who is known to surf Strad on some very heavy days (powerful conditions) perhaps in prep to pull into barrels at places like Backdoor Pipeline.

The Gold Coast is fortunate to have world champion surfers as our ambassadors.

How does our Mayor go from this"You can be the best surfer, diver, artist, I'm happy for you, but I will be listening to the people that matter ... It's more of an issue for high-profile people like the CEO of a cruise ship company ... they're the high-profile people I'm worried about ... Every Mick Fanning that comes out, I can find a high-profile surfer to say it's a fantastic idea"to"I am not going to do anything which will destroy the surf, or put something there that will harm the environment." GCB 29th May 2013 That pretty much announces the death knell of the terminal at the Spit. Something to celebrate for sure, but under the context of they are already working on plan B.

Round One to the CommunityHaving won this debate previously when the Beattie gov attempted a Cruise Terminal/Marina at the Spit and eventally backed out due to the obvious environmental and economic concerns we did not expect to be fighting this again.

Tom Tate and his developer mates have their eye firmly on the Spit and Wavebreak Island - although their excuse being a CST did not stand up to any scrutiny economically, environmentally or socially they still continued to spruik its benefits, and largely through bias media outlets.

Round Two - new rebranded land grab proposalSo what has changed - nothing - the CST is dead in the water but we announced that via email months ago - the real prize is the land and the associated developments.You can guarantee a new proposal touting something we desperately need e.g. Super Yachts will be used to grab the land and place a casino on it.We will be looking very closely at which lobbyists are involved and whether they feature in previous CMC inquiries etc. as the same names just seem to keep popping up. All Councillors bar Cr Greg Betts, Cr Margaret Grummit (abstained) and Cr Chris Robbins voted to continue with the Broadwater Expression of Interest at the Council meeting 12th March 2013.

This time when the "new rebranded land grab proposal" is touted it will be when the public of the Gold Coast has just spent over a year fighting the CST debacle - you most certainly will lose round two.It will be played out by the same entities that launched the surprise CST attack and it will be promoted widely in our developer friendly media.

Round Three is where we permanently prevent any private development of our beloved Public Open Space - No Development North Of Seaworld Nara.